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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
hits the ground running, 21 Jul 2006
Near future america, and a new civil war has left the country split down the middle. The same goes for the city of new york, and manhattan is a demilitarised zone in the middle. But people still live there, and are trying to get by.
When a young journalist gets stranded in manhattan, he passes up the chance for rescue to stay and report on life there.
This is his story.
And what a great story it is. Throwing you into a frighteningly different but very believable america, this is a story with so many possibilities, and in these five issues, we get the start of it. Sympathetic characters and great writing hook you, and superb artwork really portrays the situation well.
Highly recommended
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Frighteningly Realistic..?, 8 May 2007
Imagine, if you will, an America where the armed forces are spread all over the world on "Peace Keeping" duties. Imagine further if these forces left and the situation in America deteriorated until the disenfranchised members of the far southern states rose up in mass rebellion against the state. Imagine further that this turned into a second civil war that divides the nation and leaves a DMZ, that is the island of Manhattan in New York, that separates the two sides.
This is the fictional setting of DMZ. A young photographer Matthew Roth is sent into the DMZ with a team of reporters and soldiers only to be left there by himself with only his wits and equipment. He them send reports to his network about daily life in the DMZ.
The world as it is portrayed is highly believable, the people are portrayed in a sympathetic yet realistic way. Within the DMZ are stories of horror, love, heroism, depravity in fact everything that is part of the human condition. The people are abandoned by BOTH sides in the conflict and live their lives in constant fear.
I fear that this book will be compared to Transmetroplitan, mainly as it is Science Fiction and has a journalist as the main protagonist - however that is as close as the two actually come to each other. Transmet was all about finding/speaking the truth through whatever means, with this the truth is all around Matt as he reports what is going on. Spider manipulates everyone, whilst Matt is manipulated for other peoples ends.
This is the finest piece of near future writing (in any form) that I have read for several years. Buy it now and see what lurks within the DMZ.
SUPERB 10/10
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Okay Comic with alot of potential, 12 Jan 2008
The Comic has a great storyline but could use alot more descirbing details, for instance, Who are the Free States, How did they Rebel. I have only read the first volume, so the answers could come in a later volume.
The idea of the artwork is good but the artwork itself to me is too digital and compputeristic looking, the written text however is Horrible, after reading MAX (five star) the art isnt appeasing.
More over the comic is worth getting and the later volumes could still improve,
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